Author: Brodie Cowburn

DIVISION ONE SORRENTO will head into finals with momentum on their side after easily defeating Pines in their last home and away match for the season. The Sharks put on a show in front of their home crowd at David Macfarlane Reserve. They took the lead early with an impressive first half, and never looked like giving it up. Sorrento went into half time comfortably six goals ahead, and didn’t let up in the second half. They were helped by three goals from Mitch Hallahan. Shannon Gladman, Nick Marston, and Chad Harris also had impressive games for the Sharks. Sorrento…

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FRANKSTON Council have backed away from plans to drop all in-kind support to the Frankston RSL for the annual ANZAC Day ceremony. Councillors voted at their 12 August public meeting to donate 80 chairs, 2 trestle tables and a lectern to the RSL. They also agreed to provide “in-kind officer assistance, capped at a maximum of $5000 for Frankston RSL, for event management.” Among the things council has agreed to assist with is booking security, traffic management, toilet facilities, first aid, a photographer, and food and drink vendors. Council also agreed to assist with the “provision of and co-ordination…

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A PLAN to construct a childcare centre on Barmah Court, Frankston South, has been knocked back by Frankston Council. A number of Barmah Court residents made submissions to council opposing the proposed development at the 12 August public council meeting. The proposal put to council was to use and develop land at 21 Barmah Court for a child care centre, to “remove fifteen substantial trees and construct and carry out works in the tree protection zone of substantial trees,” and to “construct and put up for display two business identification signs.” The recommendation provided by council officers to councillors was…

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THE Victorian Electoral Commission is seeking submissions to help decide if Kingston Council should expand to be represented by eleven councillors. The VEC began a review to determine if Kingston has an appropriate number of councillors, whether it should remain subdivided into wards, whether there should be more or less wards, and how many councillors should represent each ward in June. On 14 August the VEC published their preliminary report, and begun seeking responses to two future options for Kingston Council. The first option is to remain with three councillors divided into three wards, with some adjustments to the current…

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DIVISION TWO SOMERVILLE locked up a finals spot with a big win over Hastings on Saturday. The game was expected to be a close one, with both sides coming into the contest with an equal amount of wins. Somerville raced out of the blocks with a five goals to one first quarter, but the Blues wrestled back control in the second term. They were down by five at the main break. Somerville were the better side in the second half, holding Hastings to just one goal. It was a tough task at times, but Somerville eventually secured the win and…

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